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thungry

/ˈθʌŋ.ɡɹi/

thungry adjective: a combination of thirsty and hungry.

Adjective

thungry (comparative thungrier, superlative thungriest)

  1. A combination of thirsty and hungry.
    • Laughter's the taste of my surviving. So Sure I'm hursty. Thungry. Gin mill for swills. Moon Pies & Meat.2006 September 5, Mark Z. Danielewski, Only Revolutions, Pantheon Books, →ISBN
    • They were like someone having the ‘thungries’ about 8 or 9pm—Thungries are when you're not quite hungry but not just thirsty—you're thungry—You want something to eat but you don't know what it is.2007 March 21, John Fenn, “Divine Dissatisfaction”, in Leaving the Church to Find God, Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 3

Forms of thungry

comparativethungrier
superlativethungriest

Origin of thungry

Blend of thirsty + hungry.

Words that rhyme with thungry

Questions about thungry

What does thungry mean?
Thungry means a combination of thirsty and hungry.
What part of speech is thungry?
Thungry is an adjective.
How do you pronounce thungry?
Thungry is pronounced /ˈθʌŋ.ɡɹi/.

Words near thungry in the dictionary

  1. thundrously
  2. Thune
  3. Thunes
  4. thungrier
  5. thungriest
  6. thungry
  7. thunk
  8. thunked
  9. thunker
  10. thunkers
  11. thunking

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